Tim Hooker, who lives in the heart of the show complex area, put it this way to me: "This is the place we all want to be and what we all want to be doing is enjoying our horse sports here in the good weather in the winter months."
Tim said he is in on the talks between Stadium Jumping and Wellington Equestrian Partners as a neutral party who is seeking to keep them "from melting down and doing something stupid here."
"I hope the people around the country will realize that it took a long time to get to here and thank God for (Stadium Jumping Chairman) Gene Mische's vision so many years ago to try to cultivate the horse mecca that we are getting closer to all the time.
"There are many growing pains between here and the dream we are all hoping to realize, but now is the time to put forth our best efforts and try to work together to try to achieve the incredible happiness we could all experience with the premier horse show facility in the world.
"If we're ever going to be in the same breath with Aachen and Spruce Meadows, we're going to have to have a facility that is top-notch in the world. We don't have it yet, but we could."
